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- From: rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Rod Anderson)
- Subject: Re: 430mhz band under th
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.002412.2925@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 00:24:12 GMT
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- One of the basic principals in amateur radio is that no one ownes
- a given frequency. But when repeaters are set up and coordinated
- they are in practice given exclusive use of 40 kHz of amateur band
- width (input +/- 10 kHz, output +/- 10 kHz). When a repeater is
- made private the users are in principal given exclusive use of
- their frequencies. If the owner charges for the use of the
- frequency he is basically charging to use his frequencies. After
- all because he has his repeater coordinated on this frequency no one
- else can use it.
-
- As long as there are open frequency pairs for additional repeaters
- this is no real problem. When all frequency pairs are used up and
- there are no open repeaters available then the private repeaters
- become a problem. It them becomes a case of paying for the use of
- a band.
-
- If it is acceptable to charge for the use of a repeater then can the
- owners of packet BBS makin a charge for their services? They have the
- cost of the computer, antennas, two or three radios and tncs invested
- in the hobby. They could make the same claim that they need to charge
- for their services.
-
- Rod Anderson N0NZO
- rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu
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